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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2018-10-09 12:00 pm
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Solar Panels

[personal profile] danieldwilliam 2018-10-09 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I think the cost of installing solar panels is going to be pretty contingent on local factors.

Thinking about the cost components

Cost of the panels - raw materials

Cost of the panels - manufacturing equipment and labour

Cost of the panels - energy for production

Land

Installation

Maintenance

Grid connection

Finance and interest costs

Net of subsidies and taxes

Land and installation are going to be locally driven costs. Some of the grid connection costs are local. Some of the maintenance costs are local. Subsidies and taxes are mostly local.

(I'm also not sure that the concept of a loss-leader exactly applies to large infrastructure projects.)